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chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>According to pld@mcrc.mot.com:
>>You do NOT have the right to cut off such newsgroups without informing
>>your downstream sites of what you are doing.

>Oh, really.

Chip is right. Of course (almost) any Usenet site can cut off newsfeeds,
legally, to any or all groups (the almost is for sites that are
contractually obligated to provide a certain set of groups or a full
feed).

Of course, cutting off groups without warning is in _terribly_ poor
taste. It's also a slap in the face to the theme of cooperation that has
built Usenet in the first place. It reminds me a lot of bookburning or
other attempts to restrict the information available to others (in hopes
that, because of a lack of information about alternatives, people will
naturally follow your lead). But it's definitely legal.

--John

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